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Procedure price report · Other therapeutic procedures on muscles and tendons

Tendon transfer on back of hand or finger, with graft

CPT 26483the billing code this page is about

Surgery that moves or re-routes a tendon on the back of the hand or finger to restore movement, using a tendon graft to bridge the gap; billed per tendon.

Hospitals typically charge $2,633 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 351 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,827. Most fall between $1,472 and $5,741 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
351
States
44
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 23, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 351 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$1,040$1,503$2,633$4,499$9,565

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.2× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,040 vs $9,565).

How the prices are spread

$656 – $857: 9 hospitals$656$857 – $1,121: 11 hospitals$1,121 – $1,465: 32 hospitals$1,121$1,465 – $1,915: 54 hospitals$1,915 – $2,504: 46 hospitals$1,915$2,504 – $3,274: 36 hospitals$3,274 – $4,280: 50 hospitals$3,274$4,280 – $5,596: 25 hospitals$5,596 – $7,316: 19 hospitals$5,596$7,316 – $9,565: 35 hospitals$7,316median $2,633price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (317 of 351 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$656$8579
$857$1,12111
$1,121$1,46532
$1,465$1,91554
$1,915$2,50446
$2,504$3,27436
$3,274$4,28050
$4,280$5,59625
$5,596$7,31619
$7,316$9,56535

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,343
Median cash price$2,633
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.79×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $2,633.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: median $6,646 across 11 hospitalsID$6,646Montana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $1,614 across 13 hospitalsIL$1,614Wisconsin: median $3,395 across 11 hospitalsWI$3,395Michigan: median $1,567 across 25 hospitalsMI$1,567New York: median $3,840 across 25 hospitalsNY$3,840Massachusetts: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $2,090 across 17 hospitalsIA$2,090Indiana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $2,205 across 11 hospitalsOH$2,205Pennsylvania: median $938 across 20 hospitalsPA$938New Jersey: median $4,330 across 30 hospitalsNJ$4,330Connecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $7,314 across 39 hospitalsCA$7,314Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,420 across 14 hospitalsOK$1,420Louisiana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceHITexas: median $2,778 across 23 hospitalsTX$2,778Florida: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,633. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA39$7,314+178%$1,472 – $9,565
Idaho ID11$6,646+152%$2,554 – $8,372
New Jersey NJ30$4,330+64%$3,591 – $5,339
New York NY25$3,840+46%$1,472 – $3,884
Wisconsin WI11$3,395+29%$3,395 – $3,395
Texas TX23$2,778+6%$2,778 – $2,836
Ohio OH11$2,205−16%$1,823 – $2,205
Iowa IA17$2,090−21%$2,090 – $2,090
Illinois IL13$1,614−39%$639 – $2,633
Michigan MI25$1,567−40%$1,170 – $1,567
Oklahoma OK14$1,420−46%$1,420 – $4,007
Pennsylvania PA20$938−64%$532 – $5,038
Georgia GA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $2,633.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care288$2,778$1,472 – $5,960
Children’s7fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access56$2,437$1,453 – $4,115
Ownership
For-profit37$3,139$1,170 – $8,372
Government58$2,320$1,547 – $6,364
Non-profit256$2,778$1,472 – $5,110
System affiliation
Part of a system273$2,778$1,465 – $5,855
Independent78$2,481$1,503 – $4,720

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,134
Median cash price$2,633
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

192 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,090 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,384; most fall between $1,402 and $6,301.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 192 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$798$1,420$2,090$4,007$9,565

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($798 vs $9,565).

Of the 208 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 192 gave a usable cash price; 13 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 3 a list price only.

How complete is this

351 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (9%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 392 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted351
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here29
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded2
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded9
Hospitals that filed this code392

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 23, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 23, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other therapeutic procedures on muscles and tendons family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Tendon Transfer Transplant Carp/Mtcrpl Graft.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Tendon transfer on back of hand or finger, with graft (CPT 26483) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-26483-tendon-transfer-on-back-of-hand-or-finger-with-graft